Table II.
Estimated Means and Standard Deviations of Children With Moderate-Severe TBI on CHQ-PF50 Subscales at Each Time Point, Compared With Australian Norms, and Significant Differences via Two-Tailed Independent Samples T Test
| CHQ-PF50 subscale | Australian norms | T2 (3 months) | T3 (6 months) | T4 (12 months) | T5 (18 months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 5,414 | N = 66 | N = 66 | N = 66 | N = 66 | |
| Physical functioning | 94.64 ± 15.05 | 81.63 ± 19.01* | 91.98 ± 15.68 | 96.49 ± 12.51 | 99.47 ± 8.21* |
| Role/social limitations (physical) | 94.24 ± 17.19 | 77.67 ± 26.16* | 90.08 ± 21.77 | 90.22 ± 18.44 | 96.57 ± 16.41 |
| Bodily pain | 82.33 ± 18.75 | 82.95 ± 22.75 | 83.92 ± 23.32 | 85.36 ± 24.94 | 88.72 ± 22.75 |
| General health | 76.95 ± 15.98 | 75.68 ± 16.36 | 73.91 ± 15.96* | 72.97 ± 15.94* | 74.68 ± 15.31 |
| Family activities | 85.49 ± 16.69 | 80.35 ± 18.12 | 84.31 ± 20.15 | 85.49 ± 18.85 | 89.69 ± 18.93 |
| Family cohesion | 76.11 ± 20.66 | 73.39 ± 17.39 | 70.73 ± 21.69 | 75.06 ± 20.47 | 74.82 ± 21.53 |
| Role/social limitations (emotional/behavioral) | 93.73 ± 17.17 | 81.97 ± 23.32* | 86.26 ± 19.25* | 88.94 ± 20.64 | 95.67 ± 17.87 |
| Parental limitations (time) | 91.52 ± 16.44 | 82.47 ± 19.58* | 83.75 ± 20.23* | 90.27 ± 17.14 | 93.74 ± 13.73 |
| Parental limitations (emotional) | 80.63 ± 20.05 | 63.55 ± 24.29* | 68.94 ± 22.91* | 76.16 ± 22.18 | 80.22 ± 21.37 |
| Self-esteem | 79.66 ± 16.44 | 75.29 ± 18.04 | 75.20 ± 18.12 | 75.97 ± 17.55 | 81.26 ± 19.34 |
| Mental health | 80.15 ± 12.38 | 78.36 ± 13.24 | 79.36 ± 13.49 | 80.98 ± 13.08 | 84.35 ± 12.84 |
| General behavior | 77.47 ± 15.16 | 72.51 ± 15.92 | 70.41 ± 16.17* | 70.60 ± 17.55* | 74.21 ± 17.63 |
Note. Higher bodily pain scores indicate less pain; bolding indicates a 5-point or greater difference, in line with (Landgraf et al., 1996); family cohesion is a single-item scale.
*p < .013 (cutoff for Bonferroni adjustment).